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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING JULY 18, 2014 WELCOME AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES—Bob Stern CHAIRMAN’S REPORT and DISCUSSION—Bob Stern PRESIDENT’S REPORT—Marshall Croddy EDUCATION REPORT—Keri Doggett DEVELOPMENT—Joe Calabrese FINANCE—Chris Paskach DISCUSSION—Bob Stern 1. Elevator Speech 2. Emeritus Board.

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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING JULY 18, 2014

WELCOME AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES—Bob Stern CHAIRMAN’S REPORT and DISCUSSION—Bob Stern PRESIDENT’S REPORT—Marshall Croddy EDUCATION REPORT—Keri Doggett DEVELOPMENT—Joe Calabrese FINANCE—Chris Paskach DISCUSSION—Bob Stern 1. Elevator Speech 2. Emeritus Board.

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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

June 20, 2014

Present: Bob Stern (presiding), Bob Aronoff, Leon Bass, Joe Calabrese (phone), Larry

Hutt, Warren Jackson, Chris Paskach, Doug Thompson

CRF Staff: Marshall Croddy (President), Rowena Balwit (Development Associate/Special

Projects Assistant), Keri Doggett (Director of Program), John Martin (Financial

Consultant), and Catherine Seward (Development Director)

Absent: Gene Shutler, Rick Kolodny, John Kronstadt, Rachel Lerman, Jim Levin, Sharon

Matsumoto, Peter Morrison, Gene Shutler

I. Welcome, Approval of the Minutes — Bob Stern

At 7:30 a.m., Bob opened the meeting with a motion to approve the minutes from the

May 16, 2014, Executive Committee meeting. This motion was seconded and approved.

II. Chair’s Report — Bob Stern

Bob gave a brief overview of the schedule for discussing Executive Committee priority

topics previously agreed upon (diversification via outreach to new corporations, young

lawyer involvement, and the foundation grant process), noting that the young lawyer

interaction with the group would be postponed until the fall because of vacation

schedules. At its next meeting, the Committee will discuss the CRF Emeritus Board.

III. President’s Report — Marshall Croddy

Marshall first reported on the status of foundation grant proposals. He said that the

Hearst Foundation application for $125K recently submitted was declined and that he

would follow up to determine the cause, but noted that our long-term program officer

had recently left Hearst and this might have had an effect. On a positive note, Marshall

reported that The Annenberg Foundation has approved a $100k grant for general

operating support to improve CRF organization and capacity. He also reported that the

McCormick Foundation has not yet determined a final budget internally, so the status of

our grant application is still pending. Our proposal to the Gates Foundation for $300,000

also is pending. Efforts are ongoing to secure transition funding from Bechtel.

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Marshall reported on his recent visit to New York where he presented on civic learning to

the executive session of Federal Second Circuit Conference in Saratoga Springs. The

presentation was well received, and the judiciary is an important ally in promoting civic

learning throughout the country. The judiciary connection can also give CRF a higher

profile in New York and around the country. Marshall then asked Keri to report on

progress with Pearson Publishing. She reported that all the deliverables are on schedule

and that Pearson has rolled out its Next Generation programming (featuring Civic Action

Project) with its sales team in Texas. Its marketing team is very enthusiastic about CAP.

Keri also mentioned that the National Council of the Social Studies Conference will be in

Boston this year and Pearson will help promote CAP via its booth presence and

marketing launch. Warren noted that expansion in Texas may help CRF continue a

relationship with Toyota when the corporation moves to Texas in the near future.

IV. Committee Presentations — Doug Thompson/Bob Aronoff

Doug Thompson reported that at the recent Publications Committee meeting, its charter

was discussed and agreed upon. He then called for a motion for the Executive Committee

to approve the charter. The motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved. He

then briefly described some of the topics discussed at the meeting, including the ongoing

shift in our strategy to expand the role of electronic delivery of materials and other

educational resources as exemplified by the Civic Action Project. This corresponds to

significant trends in educational marketing, especially the decline in demand for

traditional print media. Doug Thompson also reported that the Committee is considering

a call for expansion of membership to keep up with potential need for reviewers. Bob

Stern praised the Publications Committee for the information provided and quality of

discussion at the recent meeting.

Bob Aronoff then presented the Expanding Horizons Internship Committee charter. He

called attention to the language in the charter specifying that EHI Committee meetings

will be open to all CRF Board members and extended a special invitation to Board

Members not on the Committee to attend these meetings. Bob called for a motion to

approve the EHI Committee charter. The motion was made, seconded and unanimously

approved.

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IV. Development/Spring Dinner Follow-Up — Joe Calabrese/Warren Jackson

Joe Calabrese reported on a successful recent meeting of the Development Committee,

and Warren Jackson congratulated Joe on receiving the Learned Hand Award from AJC.

Catherine Seward reported an email outreach to approximately 230 attendees following

the dinner and to new CRF contacts. Catherine presented the Development Committee

charter for approval. Joe requested that the language “including the Spring Dinner,” be

added following the word “activities” in the first bullet point in the charter. With this

change, a motion was made to approve the charter. The motion was seconded and

unanimously approved. It was noted that the only committee charter still pending is the

Nominating Committee charter.

V. Finance/Investment Report — Chris Paskach

Chris Paskach reported CRF’s financial situation to be essentially the same as at the

June 3, 2014 Board meeting, with the notable exception that the $100k Annenberg

Foundation grant will further decrease the projected deficit.

VI. Corporate Outreach Discussion — Bob Stern

Bob reported that the recent corporate recruitment meeting held on June 13, 2014 was

well attended by in-house counsel currently on the CRF Board. He noted that it is

important for CRF to tailor appeals to the philanthropic mission of each company CRF

approaches. He noted that one important finding at the meeting was consensus that for

the most significant corporate funding, the corporate or philanthropic giving department,

rather than the legal department of these companies, should be CRF’s ultimate target.

Bob noted that many companies consider the compositions of a non-profit’s board as an

important requirement for giving and that a board needs to reflect the diversity of the

community a non-profit serves. This has historically been, and remains, a challenge for

CRF. Warren noted the double difficulty presented by the lack of diversity in the upper

levels of corporations and law firms and the tendency of minority business leaders to

focus on projects that give back to their specific communities. Chris Paskach noted the

disappearance of many corporate headquarters from the Los Angeles area and proposed

a strategy of outreach at a local level to corporate outposts in the LA area. Warren

suggested that a strategy of outreach to affinity groups within corporations also be

considered. He noted that a corporation’s head of community giving could be a potential

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first phone call for finding contacts in affinity groups within these companies. Doug

Thompson suggested a list be made of companies in the LA area for CRF to target. He

suggested Mattel as a prospect whose market is particularly well-aligned with the K-12

students CRF serves. Leon Bass noted that volunteerism plays a large part in Edison’s

corporate-giving strategy. Leon Bass further called for lawyers at firms to use their

networks of client contacts to help CRF access individuals within target corporations. Joe

encouraged greater use of the model Marshall has developed for Disney in coordination

with Alan Braverman, encouraging lawyer volunteers to make classroom presentations

on lessons from Educating about Intellectual Property, as it should have appeal to the

anti-piracy and infringement interests of many companies.

The Committee noted the importance of CRF branding and also of presenting an

individualized pitch to corporate targets. Warren noted that empowering kids to change

their communities via CAP is an appealing pitch. Marshall noted that EHI holds appeal

for STEM companies looking to enrich their diversity pipeline. Doug Thompson noted the

community reinvestment obligations of companies such as City National Bank and

wondered whether an expansion of CRF curricula to include a financial literacy

component could be beneficial. As an example of the financial literacy component of

existing CRF programs, Keri recounted a story of CAP students who presented an

economic argument to the City Council of Montebello to improve efficiency and

profitability for the city’s aging trolley system.

A discussion of best ways to reach out to corporate giving contacts will be ongoing. Bob

and Marshall will be presenting a new theme statement for corporate outreach at the

next Executive Committee meeting.

8:58 a.m. Bob Stern adjourned the meeting.

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Constitutional Rights Foundation Executive Committee Meeting

July 19, 2014

President’s Report

Fund Development ● McCormick Foundation has communicated with us regarding our proposal for a 3-year project to expand CAP in Illinois. Their 2014 budget will not permit Civic Action Project funding this year, but they are hopeful for an increase in 2015, which will allow us to apply in the $200,000 range in the first quarter of next year. They are also trying to help us identify additional funders to support CAP on a regional basis. ● Thanks to the efforts of Keri Doggett, we have received a $300,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a program to help our large teacher network to implement the utilization of Common Core standards. ● Thanks to Linda Husar, we received an additional residual payment of $19,000 from a previous CyPres award. ● Our program officer at the Bechtel Foundation has asked us to submit a final grant application for $75,000 as transition funding for Civic Action Project. ● Our submission to the Hearst Foundations for statewide teacher professional development in the $100,000 range was declined. In a follow-up with our program director we were told that 80 percent of this year’s funding is going to higher education, so that even though our proposal was good, the foundation does not have the resources to fund at this point. We were invited to reapply again in the future. ● Working with Street Law, Inc. for continued Educating about IP funding, we have submitted a proposed program plan to USPTO for $75,000 in its 2014 budget. It also includes a work plan to secure $150,000 for each of the next two years. Work continues with the Disney pro bono coordinator and IP lawyers and we have launched a volunteer initiative with them. ● Work on the Pearson’s contract deliverables continues to move forward on schedule. We also had a productive conference call with the project’s marketing team, who are very excited about CAP and the new CRF created discussion components and they are planning for launch in the fall. ● Work continues on a variety of initiatives including those for a continuation of Deliberating in a Democracy and additional CAP funding, ● Worked on a variety of matters related to follow up to the Spring Dinner and corporate outreach.

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Administration ● Continued work on revamping procedures, staff responsibilities, and systems for Development and Administration. Board ● Worked with Larry Hutt on planning and necessary documentation for compliance review. ● Worked on drafting new messaging for CRF corporate outreach. ● Continued work on the CRF Advisory Council with John Cooke serving as interim chair. ● Participated in board-level committee planning and meetings for Executive, Nominating, Publications Finance, and the Compliance Group. Outreach ● Followed up with Judge Robert Katzmann, Chief Judge of the 2nd Federal District Court on the district’s a civics education initiative. ● Participated in meetings of the California Task Force on Civic Learning and in the meeting of the Professional Learning Subcommittee and worked with Bill Honig, chair of the curriculum subcommittee, on preparation of state recommendations. ● Continued to work with Ray Fisher to establish a working relationship with the Federal Judiciary Center and the Ninth Circuit education group. ● Selected by National Career, College, Civic Life (C3) Civics Task Force to represent it on a plenary panel at the National Council of the Social Studies Conference in Boston in November. Staff ● With Victor Monzon implemented overview of legally required workplace procedures and practices relating to safety, personnel, and the physical plant.

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Gates Foundation Grant CRF received a grant for $300k from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation! The project will be completed over 18 months and focuses on Common Core State Standards. We will be creating a leadership cadre of teachers in at least 5 states to assist us in developing new lessons, assessments, and resources fully aligned to Common Core and will be providing face-to-face and web-based professional development to hundreds of teachers around the nation. Programs/publications that will benefit from this grant are CAP, History Experience, and Bill of Rights in Action. Over two-thirds of this grant hits CRF’s “bottom line” funding staff and indirect. Attached is the Executive Summary from the grant. Civic Action Project Gregorio Medina and Laura Wesley will be in Nebraska the week of July 14 to provide teachers in two cities with professional development on CAP. On July 15, Damon Huss and David De La Torre will be working with 40 L.A. teachers on CAP, as well as Common Core aligned discussion. Work is underway on a new CAP website, with the goal to launch a beta in early August. The new design is sleek and modern, and thanks to Andrew Costly, the learning management system will be much improved from our current site. We will send a link to the Board as soon as the beta is launched. Marshall and Keri are still in communication with the McCormick Foundation to scale CAP in Illinois. The program officer asked for a revised budget in the 225k over 3 years range, which Keri is in the process of preparing. We hope to submit an official application in January and receive funding in March, 2015. And finally, our program officer at Bechtel has invited us to submit a proposal for a $75k transition grant. This, along with funding from the Green and Max Factor Family Foundations, will provide $100k for us to continue operating the program while seeking additional and longer-term funds. Expanding Horizons Internships Thirty-three EHI students along with many of their parents and job site supervisors participated in the Group A culmination event on July 11. The students’ speeches were impressive and conveyed the importance of this CRF program on the lives of these young people. Special thanks to Lourdes, Nancy, and Niña for putting together a great program and

CRF Executive Committee Meeting Program Highlights

July 18, 2014

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event. It was especially nice to have Board members Bob Stern, Bob Aronoff, Sue Miller, Joe Calabrese, Doug Thompson, Jason Lo, and Jon Gordon assist with the event and interact with students.

On August 8 we will combine the Group B culmination event with a CRF Education & Oversight Committee meeting. The Committee has requested a review of the EHI program, and this will provide Directors with the opportunity to interact with students, parents, and job site coordinators as a part of the process of the program review. Thanks to all of the Board members who have participated in seminars (including Larry Hutt and Warren Jackson), EHI’s CAP project, and the first culmination. Bob Aronoff and Sue Miller are super chairs! We will be starting in September to recruit sponsors for the Summer, 2015 students. Pearson Publishing On July 18 a production crew from Pearson will be filming one of the discussions we developed with Damon Huss staring as the teacher and EHI students starring as…students. Pearson will then create two videos from the taping, one for the student-facing webpages and another for the teacher-facing pages to provide an introduction to the discussion model. Marshall and Keri have had an initial conversation with the Marketing team at Pearson Publishing and plans are in the works for several launches: October in Texas, November in Indiana, and November at the National Social Studies conference in Boston. In addition, Pearson will include articles and ads for CAP and the discussions in its quarterly publication that is distributed nationally.

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Section I: Executive Summary

Constitutional Rights Foundation requests an 18-month grant of $299,709 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to bring its more than 50 years of educational leadership to the new challenge of implementing Common Core State Standards to its network of more than 40,000 History/Social Studies teachers across the country and sharing this experience with policy makers, education networks, Foundation grantees, and other stakeholders. The network our project will reach are middle and high school History/Social Studies (H/SS) teachers who have been the focus of CRF’s mission since its founding.

With the overarching goal of improving H/SS instruction through the implementation of Common Core (CC), thus improving student learning, the outcomes we envision through the project are to:

• Establish a Leadership Cadre of teachers who work in collaboration with CRF on the proposed programactivities.

• Provide H/SS teachers with professional development (PD) that enables them to immediately translateCC into classroom practice.

• Further hardwire Common Core into CRF curriculum materials and programs.

To unleash the power and potential of Common Core for H/SS, it is important to understand the landscape of the field and the needs of H/SS teachers. In this vision we are in part motivated by the fact that H/SS has become entirely content driven, textbooks are outdated (in California, for example, “history” does not include 9/11 or the most recent financial crisis and so has lost its relevance to students’ own lives, family situations, and communities), and too many efforts to bring CC to scale were not developed with H/SS in mind, a situation that leaves teachers in CRF’s extensive network less prepared than, say, math and language arts teachers.

Supporting CRF's efforts are resources that include: (1) a 70-member Board of Directors which is representative of Southern California's diversity and its business, education, and philanthropic communities; (2) a deeply committed professional staff with strong backgrounds in education, law, and non-profit management, many who have worked with researchers to evaluate our programs; (3) ready access to individuals and groups that are leaders in H/SS education, educational equity, standards and evaluation; (4) direct access to H/SS teachers who have the experience and interest to work with CRF in carrying out this project; and (5) an array of programs that reached 3.7 million students in 2013 using technological, print, and face-to-face strategies.

Over time, CRF has been the go-to H/SS organization for foundations looking to implement educational reforms and innovations. For example, The Carnegie Corporation of New York worked closely with us to launch middle school reform efforts nationally as part of its “Turning Points: Preparing Adolescents for the 21st Century” middle school reform initiative. The Carnegie Corporation came back to CRF to fund a statewide Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools when their report Educating for Democracy: The Civic Mission of Schools was released. The Ford Foundation was interested in specific methods of interactive classroom instruction and provided over a decade of funding to CRF to develop, implement, and expand programs in elementary, middle, and high schools nationally. The Surdna Foundation included CRF in its national study to identify best-practices in H/SS instruction that lead to increased civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions in which CRF worked side-by-side with researchers, including Joseph Kahne and Peter Levine. This groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the Civic Mission of Schools’ Six Proven Practices in Civic Education published by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

CRF views this grant as an important opportunity to do groundbreaking and necessary work in the field of H/SS. We guarantee that we will put forth every effort to meet and exceed the goals and expectations of this initiative. With resources from this grant, CRF will ensure that at least 2,000 H/SS teachers increase their understanding of and ability to implement Common Core and that at least 10,000 teachers are exposed to resources that are highly aligned to Common Core.

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CRF's New Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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CRF Development Update – July 18, 2014

1. Following up on Board Contacts with Corporations:

o Jeff Scott & Gail Title -- Warner Brothers o Alan Braverman -- A&E Networks, CBS, NBC, Turner Broadcasting, CAA,

William Morris Endeavor, ICM o Sue Miller and Doug Thompson -- Mattel o Leon Bass -- City National Bank o Chris Reynolds -- UPS

2. Spring Dinner – All income received, except for $8,000

o Lunch being scheduled to discuss the honoree for 2015 o Trying to get a confirmation on a car from Toyota for 2015

3. Site Visit

Max Gluck Foundation at LACMA to visit their intern on 7/8/14

4. Proposals submitted o Joseph Drown o Carol & Jim Collins o Simon Foundation o Sterling Foundation o Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

5. New Lists of contacts at companies and foundations to be circulated to Development Committee this month for review 6. We have three interns helping this summer. Their projects include:

o Cleaning up the paper files and verifying information in the database o Research on funders o Creating a web-page of corporate logos for the Development Webpage o Looking into webpages that are easiest to use for making donations o Creating Intern scrapbooks for donors

7. Looking into a new fund raising database. Coordinating with Chris Paskach.

Have met with representatives from: o DonorPerfect o Neon o eTapestry

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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION

NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHARTER

Overall Roles and Responsibilities

The Nominating Committee (“Committee”) is responsible for initiating, recommending, reviewing, and monitoring, board recruitment, membership, and transition planning. Responsibilities

The Committee’s specific responsibilities include:

Identifying and recommending potential board members Recommendations and actions with respect to increasing our board’s diversity both in terms of reflecting more fully the composition of our community as well as with respect

to our initiative to expand the diversity of the entities represented on our Board Communicating, as appropriate, with the board with respect to various initiatives,

activities, or policies that pertain to or are being considered or acted upon by the Committee

Maintaining minutes of Committee meetings and reporting regularly to the board, through its Executive Committee, on Committee findings, recommendations, and actions, and any other matters the Committee deems appropriate or the board requires.

Coordinating with other CRF committees as necessary to fulfill the responsibilities set out in this Charter

Periodically reviewing and assessing the adequacy of this Charter and making recommendations regarding changes to the Charter.

Members

CRF should seek Committee members with an interest in expanding CRF’s board. The Chair of CRF shall designate the Chair of the Committee; the Chair of the Committee shall designate the Vice Chair of the Committee as well as appoint any sub-committees of the Committee.

Meetings

The Committee shall meet at least four times a year, or additionally as necessary at the call of the Committee Chair. The President of CRF and the Chair of the Board shall be invited to attend meetings for input and consultation. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Committee.

Reports The Committee will receive and review, at or after the times of its meetings, such reports are necessary and appropriate in order to keep the members of the Committee and the Executive Committee appraised of the recommendations and actions of the Committee.

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CRF Nominating Update – July 18, 2014

Nominating Charter – for Approval

Potential candidates for Board Membership Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp – Samantha Grant Jackson Lewis – Talya Friedman NBC Universal – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart – Dawn Collins spoke to Warren and is looking for an appropriate candidate

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Talya Z. Friedman

contact

725 South Figueroa Street,

Suite 2500

Los Angeles, CA 90017

P: (213) 689-0404

F: (213) 689-0430

[email protected]

Talya Z. Friedman is a Shareholder in the Los Angeles, California office of

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Ms. Friedman’s practice concentrates on advising and representing

employers in state and federal employment litigation, including wrongful

termination, retaliation, sexual harassment, fraud, unfair business

practices, breach of contract, and discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, religion and

disability. Ms. Friedman also has extensive experience defending class actions including claims brought

under various California and federal wage and hour laws and involving issues such as meal and rest

breaks, off-the-clock work, overtime pay and employee misclassification. She also provides advice and

counsel to corporate clients on all aspects of employment related issues.

Additionally, Ms. Friedman represents clients in proceedings before state and federal administrative

agencies and tribunals, including, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the U.S. Department of

Labor.

Ms. Friedman is a member of the State Bar of California, and Labor Employment Section of the Los

Angeles County Bar Association. Ms. Friedman is admitted to practice before all California state courts,

the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the California Supreme court.

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Ms. Friedman earned her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from University of California, San Diego in

1997 where she graduated with Departmental Honors in Sociology with Distinction and was elected a

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society member. Ms. Friedman earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School,

Los Angeles in 2001 where she was an Articles Editor and published author on Loyola of Los Angeles

International and Comparative Law Review. While in law school, Ms. Friedman completed an externship

with the Disability Rights Legal Center, Los Angeles and a judicial externship with the Honorable Harvey

A. Schneider, Los Angeles Superior Court Central Civil West.

Published Works

Articles

"Cures to the Enigmatic Taliban Plague: Legal and Social Remedies Addressing Gender Apartheid in

Afghanistan"

Loyola International Law Review 23.81 (2001) [Author]

Honors, Awards and Pro Bono Activity

Ms. Friedman was been recognized as a Rising Star by Southern California Super Lawyers in 2012, 2013 and 2014

practices

General Employment Litigation Class Actions and Complex Litigation

education

Loyola Law School Los Angeles J.D., 2001

University of California, San Diego B.A., 1997 cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Dean's List, 1993-1997; Golden Key Honor Society

admitted to practice

California - C.D. Cal.2001 California2001

bar & professional association memberships

Los Angeles County Bar Association State Bar of California

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CRF elevator speech

DRAFT

CRF’s mission is engaging primarily inner city youth in the world around them, and teaching

them the advocacy skills necessary to seek improvement in their lives and in their communities.

We do this through creative programs – some in the classroom, some not – in which they play an

active role solving problems they identify in their schools, neighborhoods, or cities; learn about

the criminal justice system from county prosecutors; and participate in mock trials of issues

relevant to them and numerous other programs. The result is young people with raised

expectations about their futures and those of their communities, and who strive actively to

improve both.

CRF is non-partisan and non-profit. Some examples of our programs:

With Civic Action Project, which is employed in classrooms across the country,

students learn how to access and influence government by selecting and then

carrying out projects to address real community problems and needs.

In Expanding Horizon Internships, disadvantaged young people prepare for

college, career and civic life through an intensive seminar program and summer

work experience in a range of corporate, governmental, and non-profit

professional settings.

The statewide Mock Trial Program helps young people develop critical thinking,

advocacy, and presentation skills that will serve them throughout their lives.

In Project LEAD, a substantial portion of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s

Office volunteers in elementary schools in impacted neighborhoods to show

students how avoid destructive behaviors and to make the choices that will keep

them engaged at school and in their communities.

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Constitutional Rights Foundation Emeritus Board Contact List – June 2014

BARDEEN, BETTE [email protected] 805-995-2869

Ms. Bette Bardeen, Esq.

850 South Ocean Avenue

Cayucos, CA 93430-1336

BARRERO, NESTOR [email protected] 818-777-3007

Nestor Barrero, Esq.

NBC Universal

100 Universal City Plaza

1280-08

Universal City, CA 91608

BEARD, RONALD [email protected] 949-360-0122

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Beard

27442 Hidden Trail Road

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

BOGAARD, WILLIAM AND CLAIRE [email protected] 626-795-5544

The Honorable and Mrs. William J. Bogaard

311 Congress Place

Pasadena, CA 91105

CARLSON, ROBERT [email protected] 626-792-7786

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Carlson

695 Prospect Boulevard

Pasadena, CA 91103

CLARK, TODD [email protected] 310-474-4842

Mr. E. Todd Clark and Dr. Jama Laurent

10361 Caribou Lane

Los Angeles, CA 90077

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Constitutional Rights Foundation Emeritus Board Contact List – June 2014

COBEN, JEROME [email protected] 310-273-8514

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome L. Coben

10375 Wilshire Boulevard, PH E

Los Angeles, CA 90024-4749

COLEN, LOUIS [email protected] 310-553-8441

Mr. Louis L. Colen

2727 Krim Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90064-4607

COLOGNE, KNOX AND MARY [email protected] 626-570-0776

Mr. and Mrs. Knox M. Cologne III

1930 Lorain Road

San Marino, CA 91108

COOKE, JOHN AND DIANE [email protected] 310-476-1464

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cooke

211 North Cliffwood Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90049-2615

DE MEULES, JAMES AND PENELOPE 310-475-3784

Mr. and Mrs. James H. De Meules

244 Loring Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90024

EATMAN, LOUIS P. [email protected] 310-284-5675

Louis P. Eatman, Esq.

Proskauer Rose LLP

2049 Century Park East

Suite 3200

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3206

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FAGAN, PHILIP [email protected] 818-557-0135

Dr. Philip J. Fagan, Jr.

637 Lucas Ave

Suite 402

Los Angeles, CA 90017

FEUER, JOEL [email protected] 310-551-8808

Joel A. Feuer, Esq.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

2029 Century Park East

Suite 4000

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3026

FRIEDMAN, ALAN V. [email protected] 213-683-9169

Alan V. Friedman, Esq.

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

355 S. Grand Ave., 35th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560

FROMHOLZ, HALEY [email protected] 626-304-0745

The Honorable and Mrs. Haley J. Fromholz

1435 Afton Street

Pasadena, CA 91103

GEORGE, RONALD AND B.J. 310-272-2585

Justice and Mrs. Ronald M. George

9880 Carmelita Avenue

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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GOLDBERG, STEPHEN N. [email protected] 310-772-8325

Mr. Stephen N. Goldberg, Esq.

Dickstein Shapiro LLP

2049 Century Park East

Suite 700

Los Angeles, CA 90067

HATTER, TERRY 213-894-5746

The Honorable Terry J. Hatter, Jr.

United States District Court

312 North Spring Street

Courtroom 17

Los Angeles, CA 90012

HENIGSON, PHYLLIS 360-376-6221

Mrs. Robert Henigson

Post Office Box 345

Deer Harbor, WA 98243

HILLS, RODERICK [email protected] 202-966-2065/5958

Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Hills

3125 Chain Bridge Road, N.W.

Washington, DC 20016

JELENKO AND NORRIS [email protected] 310-472-2238

Ms. Jane Jelenko and The Honorable William Norris

10580 Dolcedo Way

Los Angeles, CA 90077

JONAS, ALLAN AND DOROTHY 310-557-9000

Mr. and Mrs. Allan K. Jonas

2447 Century Hill

Los Angeles, CA 90067

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KELLER, JOSEPH [email protected] 714-738-7112

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Keller

2315 Camino Rey

Fullerton, CA 92833-1308

LAUFER AND GLEBERMAN [email protected] 703-533-1729

Mr. David D. Laufer and Ms. Ellen J. Gleberman

3406 North Dickerson Street

Arlington, VA 22207

LOBAUGH, LESLIE [email protected] 310-500-4638

Mr. Leslie E. LoBaugh, Esq.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2100

Los Angeles, CA 90067

LOOMIS, LLOYD AND JAN 805-495-2497

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Loomis

4292 Par Five Court

West Lake Village, CA 91362

MARKEY II, CHRISTIAN 213-625-5021

The Honorable Christian E. Markey, II

800 West First Street

Suite 2608

Los Angeles, CA 90012-2416

MAXWELL, RICHARD [email protected] 919-493-4765

Mr. Richard C. Maxwell

356 Carolina Meadows Villa

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-7549

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MEISINGER, LOUIS [email protected] 818-374-2255

The Honorable Louis M. Meisinger

Los Angeles Superior Court

6230 Sylmar Ave.. Department K

Van Nuys, CA 91401

NELSON, JAMES AND DOROTHY 818-449-3310

Justice Dorothy Nelson

725 Arden Road

Pasadena, CA 91106

NORRIS, WILLIAM [email protected] 310-229-1047

The Honorable William A. Norris

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2029 Century Park East

Suite 2600

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3012

OGILVIE, DIAN [email protected] 212-715-7453

Ms. Dian D. Ogilvie, Esq.

Toyota Motor Sales, North America

601 Lexington Avenue

Floor 49

New York, NY 10022-4636

OSTROFF, PETER AND YOUNG, ANNE [email protected] 213.896.6612

Peter I. Ostroff, Esq.

Sidley Austin LLP

555 W. Fifth St., 40th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90013-1010

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OWEN, MICHAEL AND BOLIVAR

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Owen

2170 Century Park East

Number 711

Los Angeles, CA 90067

PFISTER, THOMAS AND ANN [email protected] 310-474-7372

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Pfister

2006 Fairburn Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90025

PINES, BURT 818-898-2634

The Honorable Burt S. Pines

San Fernando Superior Court

North Valley - San Fernando

900 Third Street, Department J

San Fernando, CA 91340

RANDLE, DONALD AND DONNA 714-523-2370

Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Randle

16526 East Summershade Drive

La Mirada, CA 90638

SEARS, MARVIN AND CAROL [email protected] 310-476-7685

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sears

1140 Chantilly Road

Los Angeles, CA 90077

SMITH, W. DAVIS [email protected] 619-699-5013

W. Davis Smith, Esq.

Sempra Energy, Law Dept.

101 Ash St.

12th Floor

San Diego, CA 92101

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TROY & ZIPURSKY [email protected] 310-471-0348

Ms. Susan J. Troy and Mr. Larry Zipursky

1905 Linda Flora Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90077

WALZER, STUART 408-647-1314

Mr. Stuart B. Walzer, Esq.

Walzer & Walzer

3155 Camino del Monte

Carmel, CA 93923

WILLICK, DANIEL [email protected] 310-551-8172

Mr. Daniel H. Willick, Esq.

Law Offices of Daniel H. Willick

1875 Century Park East

Suite 1600

Los Angeles, CA 90067

WOODS, ARLEIGH AND WILLIAM 360-687-9740

The Honorable Arleigh Woods

14309 Northeast River Bend Drive

Post Office Box 639

Battle Ground, WA 98604

YORKIN, PEG [email protected] 310-456-9908

Ms. Peg Yorkin

433 South Beverly Drive

Beverly Hills, CA 90212